Sesame Street: Sleepytime Songs & Stories (1986)

Plot Summary

Bedtime Stories & Songs is a 1986 Sesame Street direct-to-video compilation, released on VHS as part of the My Sesame Street Home Video label. The video was re-released with different segments under the new title of Sleepytime Songs & Stories in 1996, and on DVD in 2005. The framing story involves Big Bird speaking to the audience, offering advice on the best ways to fall asleep. A Honker and her baby stop by, and Telly arrives for a sleepover with heaps of cuddly toys that he couldn't sleep without. Buster the Horse demonstrates how to fall asleep standing up and Susan comments from her apartment window.

Full Cast & Characters

Caroll Spinney

Big Bird (voice)

Jim Henson

Ernie / The King (Bedtime Stories & Songs) (voice)

Frank Oz

Bert / Grover (Bedtime Stories and Songs) / Cookie Monster (Bedtime Stories and Songs) / Tallest and Smallest People (Bedtime Stories & Songs) (voice)

Jerry Nelson

Count von Count / Smartest and Fastest People (Bedtime Stories and Songs) / Moonshine Singer (Sleepytime Songs & Stories) (voice)

Martin P. Robinson

Telly Monster / Snuffy / Buster the Horse (voice)

Sonia Manzano

Maria Rodriguez

Roscoe Orman

Gordon Robinson

Loretta Long

Susan Robinson

Ossie Davis

Anansi the Spider (Sleepytime Songs and Stories) (voice)

Director & Crew

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